The Impact of Stress on Health

People trying to receive higher education are in a state of extreme tension and are unconscious. They are adapting to the high cost of university education and are pressured to enter the university and enter the labor market in a short time. While still requiring a full course, many students are doing extra work to help pay for their tuition fees. Because their time and resources are very thin, it is difficult to manage university life. Many of the people going to college seem to have poor diet, lack of organization, and a little rest and relaxation.

In the 2015 study published in Clinical Psychology magazine, it turned out that helping others can reduce the effect of stress on health. This is a small study, but the results are impressive. 77 adults between the ages of 18 and 44 participated in this study. Every night they receive automatic phone calls to remind them to complete a daily survey. The questionnaire asked about the stress event such as commuting, work, finance etc. of the day. It also tracks valuable behavior and small acts of goodwill and its resulting emotions. Researchers discovered that people with more merciful behavior are less likely to feel stressed every day. In the days they did not do any goodwill, they reported more stress and negative emotions. This research shows that by doing good for others we can help ourselves control pressure and help make me feel better.

Over the past two decades there is increasing evidence of the effects of stress on health. For example, an acute mood or physical stress activates the sympathetic nervous system and causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Chronic stress can cause long-term cyclic changes. Epidemiological studies and clinical research in Europe and other regions show that work and employment play an important role in mental health (Liimatainen & Gabriel, 2000; World Health Organization, 2003a, 2004a). However, this role is not fully understood and is therefore not adequately managed to protect and promote good mental health (Cox et al., 2004).

A year later, the same survey in 2013 confirmed these findings. It takes more attention to the effects of stress on the incidence of health and coronary heart disease (CHD). More than 7,000 participants have been tracked for 18 years. This study showed that "awareness of stress to health effects" can predict the incidence of coronary heart disease, regardless of "perceived stress level". In other words, people who believe that the stress they are experiencing will harm themselves regardless of the pressure actually received is an independent factor that causes a heart attack. This is important as individuals react differently to the same level of stress (eg work related stress).